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Think. Again.

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2. You're absolutely correct...

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 12:41 PM

Dec 9

None of this is normal, and we are driving ourselves headlong into a solid brick wall at high speed by pretending it is.

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It's truly insane that the media is treating any of this like it's normal. [View all] Initech Dec 9 OP

TURN IT OFF what did they do before the election. onecaliberal Dec 9 #1

I don't. Haven't for 15 years. Initech Dec 9 #4

I turned it off after the debate. Turned off the cable in November 8th. onecaliberal Dec 9 #10

Exactly....we can exact change if their ratings tank far enough PortTack Dec 9 #17

Sorry. MSNBC has it faults but we need it MadameButterfly Dec 10 #36

Legacy media is on its last legs including msnbc. Fewer and fewer ppl watch any tv news. The trend is not going away PortTack Dec 11 #39

You're absolutely correct... Think. Again. Dec 9 #2

With Tesla powered rocket skates. Initech Dec 9 #15

That's an excellent analogy!!! Think. Again. Dec 9 #25

The US has been taken over by a US and Russian mob organization. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #3

Yup, we've been doing the same thing for 45 years and achieved very little. Initech Dec 9 #5

The media is doing "their job" of sanewashing an organzied crime syndicate. Biophilic Dec 9 #6

But this is exactly what the media wanted ScratchCat Dec 9 #7

Yep. Your words ring true chouchou Dec 9 #24

They were absolutely desperate to get the clown and his circus back... Blue_Tires Dec 10 #38

Media-types have cushy little jobs & live cushy little lives. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 9 #8

The owners BigMin28 Dec 9 #9

This is where I am at Johnny2X2X Dec 9 #11

I can't do it either. Initech Dec 9 #12

Katy Tur and Maggie Haberman Johnny2X2X Dec 9 #13

There are some on MSNBC who continue to jump up and down, and yellow dahlia Dec 9 #28

We need a change in the status quo. returnee Dec 9 #14

CORPORATE media. barbtries Dec 9 #16

Even talk shows and SNL aren't entertaining to me right now. Initech Dec 9 #19

What does the generic word "corporate" connotate? Nothing. live love laugh Dec 9 #22

You are absolutely right... GiqueCee Dec 9 #18

So many people say we're living Idiocracy, but Don't Look Up is a way more realistic scenario for what we're living. Initech Dec 9 #21

Again... GiqueCee Dec 9 #23

I don't think Putin will win in Ukraine. nt. druidity33 Dec 10 #34

It's insane to expect a media controlled by Republicans to act like it's fair and balanced. live love laugh Dec 9 #20

This is probably the most 'true' thread I've read on DU in a long time. Think. Again. Dec 9 #26

Thank you! Thank you! yellow dahlia Dec 9 #27

Not surprized Dave Id Dec 9 #29

It was insane the first time Meowmee Dec 9 #30

THIS !! uponit7771 Dec 9 #31

Ahh but remember? Profits are more important than people according to big corporations DSandra Dec 9 #32

They want to stop drug research? I thought the millionaires applegrove Dec 9 #33

I can't go along with crazy Marthe48 Dec 10 #35

Chaos to end Democracy. Kid Berwyn Dec 10 #37